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$280,000 McDonald's AVP Chicago Open presented by Nautica
August 2 - 4, 2007

(4) Anthony Medel/Fred Souza

Anthony Medel

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 28, 1978 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Golden West College
Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Guatemala City 2009)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$162,225.00

Frederico "Fred" Dória de Souza

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

6'7"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

146

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$290,592.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	38	0	2	5	0	9	9	9	3	1	0	$222,650.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Eduardo Bacil - 9th
2002	Did not play	Eduardo Bacil - 2nd
2003	John Moran - 25th	Eli Fairfield - 9th
2005	Ty Loomis - 17th	Paul Baxter - 7th
2006	Fred Souza - 9th	Anthony Medel - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	8	7th	260	$6,500.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	10	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	10	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	6/7-10/2007	Atlanta Open	10	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	10	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	7	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	7	13th	108	$1,500.00
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	7	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	8	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	4/19-21/2007	Dallas Open	7	9th	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	6	7th	180	$4,650.00
AVP	8/31-9/2/2006	Cincinnati Open	8	7th	260	$5,500.00
AVP	8/24-27/2006	Boulder Open	7	9th	144	$2,450.00
AVP	8/17-19/2006	Brooklyn Open	11	7th	260	$5,500.00
AVP	8/10-13/2006	Manhattan Beach Open	13	5th	312	$7,500.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 1

Joey Dykstra / Mark VanZwieten (29, Q4)

Won 25-23, 21-15

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	39	25	5	0.513	0	10	3	4
	1	24	15	4	0.458	0	4	2	3
	2	15	10	1	0.600	0	6	1	1
Fred Souza	Total	10	8	0	0.800	3	5	5	5
	1	4	2	0	0.500	2	2	3	4
	2	6	6	0	1.000	1	3	2	1

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 2

Ben Koski / Jeff Minc (20)

Won 21-18, 21-7

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	14	8	2	0.429	0	7	0	3
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	3	0	2
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	4	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	16	10	3	0.438	3	5	4	6
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	4	1	5
	2	6	3	3	0.000	3	1	3	1

Fri, 8/3/2007

Winner 3

Aaron Wachtfogel / Scott Wong (12)

Won 16-21, 21-17, 15-10

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	41	24	8	0.390	0	11	0	3
	1	17	7	5	0.118	0	4	0	1
	2	17	12	2	0.588	0	5	0	0
	3	7	5	1	0.571	0	2	0	2
Fred Souza	Total	15	9	2	0.467	1	1	4	8
	1	6	2	1	0.167	0	0	1	4
	2	4	3	0	0.750	1	0	1	3
	3	5	4	1	0.600	0	1	2	1

Sat, 8/4/2007

Winner 4

Mike Lambert / Stein Metzger (1)

Lost 22-24, 14-21

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	38	14	7	0.184	0	6	2	3
	1	19	5	2	0.158	0	4	1	2
	2	19	9	5	0.211	0	2	1	1
Fred Souza	Total	16	9	3	0.375	3	5	2	3
	1	12	8	1	0.583	2	3	2	3
	2	4	1	2	-0.250	1	2	0	0

Sat, 8/4/2007

Contender 6

Ty Loomis / Hans Stolfus (9)

Lost 15-21, 20-22

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	19	9	5	0.211	2	7	0	2
	1	12	5	5	0.000	0	5	0	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	2	2	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	23	11	10	0.043	0	2	4	5
	1	9	2	6	-0.444	0	1	2	2
	2	14	9	4	0.357	0	1	2	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	151	80	27	0.351	2	41	5	15
Fred Souza	80	47	18	0.363	10	18	19	27

Head to Head Results
Medel/Souza lead the series against the field 22-12 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lambert/Metzger 1-2
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	4	24-22, 21-14	0:52
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Lambert/Metzger	3	21-18, 21-15	0:44
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Hyden/Keenan 1-3
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 6	Medel/Souza	10	Hyden/Keenan	7	19-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:08
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	7	Medel/Souza	10	20-22, 21-18, 17-15	1:02
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	7	Medel/Souza	10	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	1:00
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	10	Medel/Souza	7	21-19, 21-18	0:51
Trail the series against # 6 Holdren/Scott 0-4
8/13/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	13	21-14, 21-18	0:44
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	13	21-15, 16-21, 15-7	1:08
7/22/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	15	21-16, 21-18	0:41
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	21	21-16, 21-18	0:55
Lead the series against # 7 Nygaard/Ring 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	8	Nygaard/Ring	9	24-22, 21-17
Trail the series against # 8 Lucena/Williams 0-1
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 5	Lucena/Williams	10	Medel/Souza	8	21-9, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 9 Loomis/Stolfus 2-1
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Loomis/Stolfus	9	Medel/Souza	4	21-15, 22-20	0:52
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Loomis/Stolfus	12	21-14, 19-21, 17-15	1:17
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Loomis/Stolfus	15	21-17, 11-21, 24-22	1:14
Lead the series against # 10 Doble/Olson 1-0
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	8	Doble/Olson	11	21-18, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 12 Wachtfogel/Wong 2-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	4	Wachtfogel/Wong	12	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:07
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Wachtfogel/Wong	15	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 13 Mayer/Prosser 1-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	8	Mayer/Prosser	20	21-17, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 14 Lee/Rester 1-0
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Lee/Rester	18	22-20, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 16 Mariano/Ratledge 1-0
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	10	Mariano/Ratledge	20	21-17, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 17 Jewell/Loiola 1-0
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Jewell/Loiola	17	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 Koski/Minc 2-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	4	Koski/Minc	20	21-18, 21-7	0:40
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	8	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	21-16, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 24 Robbins/Roberts 2-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	8	Robbins/Roberts	25, Q1	21-14, 21-14	0:36
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Robbins/Roberts	25, Q1	21-12, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 26, Q1 Allen/Mihalic 2-0
8/25/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	7	Allen/Mihalic	26, Q3	21-13, 21-19	0:34
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 1	Medel/Souza	11	Allen/Mihalic	27, Q7	23-21, 21-15	0:48
Lead the series against # 29, Q4 Dykstra/VanZwieten 2-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	4	Dykstra/VanZwieten	29, Q4	25-23, 21-15	0:49
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Medel/Souza	10	Dykstra/VanZwieten	24, Q12	21-17, 23-21	0:42
Trail the series against # Q6 Jones/Macau 0-1
6/1/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Winner 1	Jones/Macau	23, Q8	Medel/Souza	10	16-21, 21-19, 18-16	1:06
Lead the series against # Q7 Corso/Rambis 1-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	10	Corso/Rambis	23, Q15	21-14, 21-10	0:35
Lead the series against # Q15 Becker/Bruning 1-0
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 1	Medel/Souza	7	Becker/Bruning	24, Q16	21-17, 25-23	0:59